Posted

Jul 1st 2007

Mood

Eager

I'd like to get to a place where I can make my living with my art, but so far not so good.

I do wonder if it's my art itself isn't up to standards or just a matter of time, diligence, and 'being at the right place at the right time'. Or both.

I know that my work doesn't suck. Granted I've seen art here and elsewhere that makes me feel like it does, but I'm aware enough to know that I'm not a bad artist.

I've just been wondering how the artists I've seen online who work illustrating found their work. Where does one even start to look?

I've found some sources, but they've either been dead ends or I feel either out of my league, or my portfolio lacks suitable samples. Such as applying for illustrating for a sci-fi magazine, I don't have much in the way of sci-fi illustrations, even though I know I could do it. But to try to create samples for every possible genre I would like to work in would drive me insane pretty quickly.

So if anyone has any ideas or advice, or especially contacts or links/sources I should look into, you have no idea how grateful that would make me. I'm feeling so overwhelmed right now I'm at a loss for what else I can do that doesn't entail time, time, and more time, which I can't afford.

And if it is my art is lacking, then I'd like to know that as well. I know I have plenty of room for improvement, but a direction beyond my own ideas of what that improvement should be would be helpful too.

I'd ideally like to do illustration work for boy's love/yaoi or fantasy/sci-fi, more fantasy than sci-fi, or videogames too but I'll do just about whatever it takes for any break into the industry.

Thanks,

~T